Definitions
Types of Markets/Businesses
The Business Cycle
5 Sector Circular Flow Model
General Topic Knowledge
100

Goods and services sold by local businesses to overseas consumers

Exports

100

The type of business that has between five to twenty employees

Small Business

100

What are the main phases of the business cycle (5)

Expansion, Boom, Recession, Depression, Contraction

100

What five sectors comprise the Australian economy?

1. Household

2. Business (firms)

3. Financial

4. Government

5. Overseas

100

The world's richest person.

Elon Musk

200

The use of money to purchase equipment or premises for the establishment of a new business or the expansion of an existing business

Investments

200

The type of market where we buy most of our goods and services from

Retail Markets

200
What does the term 'business cycle' refer to?

The cyclical fluctuations in the level of economic activity that an economy goes through over time

200

What are the examples of leakages from the circular flow of income model

Savings, Taxation, Imports

200

When individuals deposit money, what do financial intermediaries usually do with that money?

Lend the money to other individuals or business

300

A large business that has branches in more than one country

Transnational Corporation

300

What is being bought and sold on financial markets?

Money

300

What are the main economic problems during a recession?

- Low levels of income and production

- High levels of unemployment; 

- No, or very little, increase in salaries and wages; 

- Declining business sales and profit.

300

What are the examples of injections from the circular flow of income model

Investment, expenditure, exports

300

A general rise in prices across all sectors of the economy, causing money to lose its value

Inflation

400

The cyclical fluctuations in the general level of economic activity

The Business Cycle
400

What is being bought and sold on the labour market?

Employee Skills and Effort

400

Between how many employees does a medium business have?

A medium business has between 20-199 (200) employees

400

Which sector of the five-sector circular flow of income model focuses on imports and exports

Overseas Sector

400

Provide an example of a financial intermediary

Banks